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Columnist’s Book Offers an Overview of the Progress Made by Womennew

Gail Collins of The New York Times has written a book that I consider a must-read: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present. Run, do not walk, to your local bookstore and get your copy.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  02-08-2010  |  Nonfiction

Personally Speaking: 'Abortion and Life' Tells Whole Truthsnew

Part of the lingering stigma attached to abortion is based on anti-choice rhetoric and scare tactics. But just as insidious is the pro-choice movement's reluctance to delve into the emotional nuance that comes with terminating an unplanned pregnancy. Baumgardner's book is one step toward shifting that paradigm.
Portland Phoenix  |  Deirdre Fulton  |  09-25-2008  |  Nonfiction

Carly Simon in the Same Breath as Carole King and Joni Mitchell?new

Vogue and Vanity Fair journalist Sheila Weller's thorough and well-written triple biography is less an attempt to put these singer/songwriters on the same artistic plane than it is to connect them to key moments in contemporary women’s his­tory.
NOW Magazine  |  Susan G. Cole  |  06-16-2008  |  Nonfiction

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